Aug 20, 2008 Update: Interview on MMORPG.COM with Andy Cataldo aka Frelorn, revealed the 100th update as an expansion pack containing land control with PvP, New Tier loot, level XVIII spells and more!
"MMORPG.com News Manager Keith Cross caught up recently with Andy Cataldo, AKA Frelorn, the Community Manager for AC. In the interview, Cataldo talks about the game's 100th update, an expansion-sized update to celebrate the occasion."
Watch it here! (CLICKY!)
Oh yeah, this is gonna be good!
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Originally posted on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 08:56 by: Dunedan 
Frelorn
AC Community Relations
"The amount of content that is coming out has not changed, just the amount of time I had to work has. Me going to Gencon was not planned, so that event ate about a week of work time for me.
Frelorn
AC Community Relations
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Boston, Ma
Aug 11, 2008 - 2:28 PM - by Frelorn
Frelorn
AC Community Relations
Re: The question everyone is asking.....
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Originally Posted by Itab:
"When is patch date?????? My guess would be the 27th."
Frelorn: "Close. We are shooting for the the 26th, but with a patch this size that date is subject to change. Once the date is set in stone, I will let everyone know."
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Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo
AC Community Relations
Turbine, Inc
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With the ever-so rapid approach of the 100th update, Turbine has revealed the Asheron's Call Nostalgia Blogs, two of which have been posted. Below is long anticipated 2008 producer's letter and following, the blog entries from developers past.
Enjoy.
Asheron's Call's 2008 Producer's Letter
Hello and greetings from the Asheron’s Call team here at Turbine. We’ve had quite a full year of big changes and exciting developments, and we’re eager to be able to share with you some of what we’ve got planned.
Yaroz is looking for Beta information to add to Dereth.Info.
That's PRE-THRONE OF DESTINY RELEASE ONLY!
"I'm looking for some information about the beta servers to put up on asheron.info. I did not play in beta so I need your help! ~ Yaroz"
Below is my account of the Beta testing:
Add yours here if you like. I will place it on the Turbine forum thread for you OR you can post your account of that time period by clicking the link below:
http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=39291
I played on Shadowclaim ... May -June 2005 I believe. Also, I think this server became Wintersebb....
All worlds are up! Shattered Lines is LIVE!
Fan Fiction: Shattered Lines...
ALL SERVERS WILL BE DOWN MONDAY MORNING
for maintenance in preparation for server hardware upgrades, see below:
Frelorn
AC Community Relations
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Boston, Ma
Maintenance Downtime: Monday July 21st 9am - 11am EDT
The Turbine devs have posted an article about one of the major features about patch 100 coming up in August.
Players over level 180 will have the opportunity to join one of three societies: The Radiant Blood, the Eldrytch Web, and the Celestial Hand. Each group has it's own goals and ideals.
More information on Societies can be found at http://ac.turbine.com/?page_id=587